College Composition / Unit 5 CMP 0112 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Reflexive Pronouns
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The idea
Reflexive pronouns end in self or selves and refer back to the subject of the same clause.
In practice
"She taught herself to code" is correct, because herself refers to the subject, she.
Where people slip
Do not use a reflexive pronoun as a subject or a plain object: "Send it to myself" should be "Send it to me."
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